Roxane Dufrene, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorCounseling Program Coordinator

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Educational Background:Masters in Counseling Psychology from Nicholls State UniversityPh.D in Counselor education from Mississippi State University

Roxane L. Dufrene, Ph.D., LPC-S, LMFT, NCC is an Associate Professor of Counseling
in the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations. She holds
a doctorate in Counselor Education from Mississippi State University and a master's
in Counseling Psychology from Nicholls State University. Dr. Dufrene has clinical
experience in outpatient and inpatient state mental health treatment, college counseling,
crisis intervention, training clinics, collaboration in schools and private practice.
Prior to coming to UNO, she served on the faculty at Marshall University in Huntington,
WV and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. She is a Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Professional Counselor
Approved Supervisor and a National Certified Counselor. Dr. Dufrene is also certified
in Critical Incident Stress Management, Psychological First Aid, has Louisiana Appraisal
Privilege, and is an American Red Cross Mental Health Counselor. She has served as
a reviewer on several counseling journals, as well as a board member on the Louisiana
Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners and the Bioethics Committee and
the Pastoral Consultation Committee at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV.
Dr. Dufrene's research and teaching interests include disaster mental health, crisis
counseling, student remediation, counseling ethics, both qualitative and quantitative
research in counseling, and supervision.